[3] Yasser Arafat established Al-Zahra in the 1990s as a residential area for Palestine Authority staff and supporters.

It remained a neighborhood with larger houses and more open space than others in Gaza City.

[4] In the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, it was untouched by airstrikes until October 19, 2023, when several apartment blocks were bombed by the Israel Defense Forces .

[5] During the building of the netzarim corridor the city was captured by the israel defence forces

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